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Smoky hall during an evening aarti with oil lamps. Three men in white dhotis and shirts raise brass lamps overhead; the man on the left has white tilak markings on his forehead and a long hair knot, and an orange cloth hangs at his side. Behind them, a seated crowd of about two dozen devotees, many in white, watches. Two tall painted cylindrical decorations hang from the tin roof, and a mesh of smoke fills the room.

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